email form variables to me

[copps]

I am working on a form that works, but woudl liketo mail the variables to me.
I ahve read the mail ( ) portion of the PHP maual, and came up with some good ideas, but i'm still not quite there.

I am using:

mail("[e-mail]", "(subject)", $fName,$lName,$emailAddress);

and think(?) i can insert it in the formScript.php form where the form processes the variables for MySQL. But i get errors about the way mail is processing the data.

IS this a usable syntax for mailng me the variables?

Should it be placed in a different location of the form ....like the top or bottom of the form? or..??

suggestions?

thanks!
Ralph

[Anon]

its not working because of the commas, it thinks those are additional arguments to the function. just put quotes around them...

mail("[e-mail]", "(subject)", "$fName,$lName,$emailAddress");

[copps]

Thanks PAul....that resolved the error messages.
But, i have not received a reply yet...i wonder if i need to tell "mail" where sendmail is ?? or ??

thanks!!!!
Ralph

[Anon]

that might be an option in php.ini. can you send mail from the mail command of your comp?

-paul
http://xhawk.net

[copps]

problem solved!

i moved the "mail" script to the top of the form.php script which looks like it processes the email request BEFORE processing the SQL data.
I checked the SQL data and confirmed that the data i entered was accepted.....so, hte key is using the "mail" script before the processing of the sql script!

works great!
thanks!
Ralph